The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

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Writes Craig Seeman . . . F or decades, the Democratic establishment has given the Green Party the exact same lecture: “Stop wasting y...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Welcome to the U.S.A. . . . Officially

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The Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown St. Paul was recently the site of a protest against the federal gove...
Friday, June 26, 2026

A Course in Miracles: A Gift of Peace

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Following are excerpts from the 1983 book, Accept This Gift: Selections from A Course in Miracles , edited by Frances Vaughan and Roger Wals...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Memes of the Times

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– Marianne Williamson See also the previous Wild Reed posts: ISRAEL AND GAZA • Chris Hedges: “The Genocide in Gaza...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Quote of the Day

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I see folks are continuing to celebrate a handful of democratic “socialists” being elected into office and . . . ehh. The way that leftist...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Australian Sojourn – April-May 2026

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Part 9: Last Days in Australia It’s been well over a month since my return to the U.S. from my Australian sojourn of April-May. High tim...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Wild Man

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The following recently appeared in my Facebook feed. Given my interest in the mythological figures of both Pan and Cernunnos , it feels nat...

The Fatherly Heart

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On this Fathers Day, some words of wisdom from Matthew Fox . . . T he fatherly heart is so important that we must all learn to embody it...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

A Solstice Eve Walk Through the Neighborhood

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Solstice Dawn • On This Summer Solstice, A Call for Unity Through the Divine Fire Wi...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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